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Trivia: Musical Terms
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1. A portion of the range of the instrument or voice.
Sequence
Requiem
Register
Medley
2. A canon where the melody is sung in two or more voices. After the first voice begins - the next voice starts singing after a couple of measures are played in the preceding voice. All parts repeat continuously.
Chant
Pentatonic Scale
Round
Notation
3. The opening section of a piece of music or movement.
Introduction
Tablature
Conductor
Etude
4. Quick repetition of the same note or the rapid alternation between two notes.
Minuet
Cadenza
Tremolo
Gregorian Chant
5. Male singers who were castrated to preserve their alto and soprano vocal range.
Castrato
Intermezzo
Octet
Pizzicato
6. A symbol indicating to play loud.
Forte
Piano
EnharmonicInterval
Relative major and minor
7. A symbol in sheet music that returns a note to its original pitch after it has been augmented or diminished.
Tablature
Chromatic scale
Natural
Ensemble
8. Sliding between two notes.
Staff
Glissando
Atonal
Etude
9. Two or more voices or instruments playing the same note simultaneously.
Falsetto
Unison
Counterpoint
Measure
10. The structure of a piece of music.
Orchestration
Vibrato
Virtuoso
Form
11. The first violin in an orchestra.
Concert master
Carol
Fermata
Staff
12. The principal note of a triad.
Maestro
Tempo
Leitmotif
Root
13. To repeat a previous part of a composition generally after other music has been played.
Legato
Whole note
Portamento
Reprise
14. Tones used to embellish the principal melodic tone.
Ornaments
Quintet
Twelve-tone music
Trio
15. The period of music history which dates from the mid 1800's and lasted about sixty years. There was a strong regard for order and balance.
Classicism
Clavier
Nonet
Virtuoso
16. The study of forms - history - science - and methods of music.
Medley
Part
Musicology
Triple time
17. The seventh note of the scale where there is a strong desire to resolve on the tonic.
Leading note
Tune
Chamber music
Reprise
18. The first tone of a scale also known as a keynote.
Portamento
Mezzo
Tonic
Triple time
19. A separate section of a larger composition.
Rococo
Staccato
Movement
Expressionism
20. The flats and sharps at the beginning of each staff line indicating the key of music the piece is to be played.
Portamento
Key signature
Timbre
Musette
21. Written for 2 to 10 solo parts featuring one instrument to a part. Each part bears the same importance.
Chamber music
Stretto
Key
Accelerando
22. A group singing in unison.
Minuet
String Quartet
Chorus
Galliard
23. A musical form where the melody or tune is imitated by individual parts at regular intervals. The individual parts may enter at different measures and pitches. The tune may also be played at different speeds - backwards - or inverted.
Rococo
Intonation
Canon
Whole-tone scale
24. Time signature with three beats to the measure.
Polytonality
Triple time
Romantic
Pizzicato
25. A piece of music written in triple time. Also an old French dance.
Courante
Slide
Quadrille
Neoclassical
26. The major and minor keys that share the same notes in that key.For example: A minor shares the same note as C major.
Quintet
Relative major and minor
Symphony
Choir
27. Movement in music where the characteristics are crisp and direct.
Adagio
Partial
Monotone
Neoclassical
28. Where the musical themes and melodies are developed - written in sonata form.
Development
Libretto
Accessible
Exposition
29. Singing in unison - texts in a free rhythm. Similar to the rhythm of speech.
Time Signature
Sharp
Chant
Measure
30. Time in music history ranging from the middle of the 16th to the middle of the 17th centuries. Characterized by emotional - flowery music; written in strict form.
Whole note
Baroque
Legato
Octet
31. Arrangement of music for a combined number of instruments.
Triple time
Nonet
Recitative
Instrumentation
32. A tempo having slow movement; restful at ease.
Adagio
Libretto
Monotone
Trio
33. The unit of measure where the beats on the lines of the staff are divided up into two - three - four beats to a measure.
Polyphony
Dissonance
Part
Measure
34. Initially an improvised cadence by a soloist; later becoming an elaborate and written out passage in an aria or concerto - featuring the skills of an instrumentalist or vocalist.
Accessible
Measure
Cadenza
Suite
35. Pleasing combination of two or three tones played together in the background while a melody is being played. Harmony also refers to the study of chord progressions.
Harmony
Adagio
Tone
Presto
36. The intonation - pitch - and modulation of a composition expressing the meaning - feeling - or attitude of the music.
Opus
Etude
Portamento
Tone
37. Curved line connecting notes to be sung or played as a phrase.
System
Slur
Ligature
Major
38. A form of music written for marching in two-step time. Originally the march was used for military processions.
Classicism
Minor
Sextet
March
39. A composition written for a solo instrument. The soloist plays the melody while the orchestra plays the accompaniment.
Ostinato
Concerto
Fermata
Drone
40. Lowest female singing voice.
Orchestration
Operetta
Contralto
Staff
41. One of the two modes of the tonal system. The minor mode can be identified by the dark - melancholic mood.
Grandioso
Minor
Renaissance
Rigaudon
42. A separate section of a larger composition.
Musicology
Parody
Movement
Quintet
43. The movement of chords in succession.
Consonance
Intonation
Unison
Progression
44. Lowest female singing voice.
Soprano
Polyphony
Round
Contralto
45. A melodic or - sometimes a harmonic idea presented in a musical form.
Theme
Orchestration
Pizzicato
Contralto
46. Group of singers in a chorus.
Theme
Septet
Triplet
Choir
47. Harsh - discordant - and lack of harmony. Also a chord that sounds incomplete until it resolves itself on a harmonious chord.
Falsetto
Parody
Dissonance
Cadence
48. To hold a tone or rest held beyond the written value at the discretion of the performer.
Nocturne
Fermata
Tuning
Chorus
49. Three note chords consisting of a root - third - and fifth.
Song cycle
Rigaudon
Castrato
Triad
50. A form of Italian opera beginning at the end of the 19th century. The setting is contemporary to the composer's own time - and the characters are modeled after every day life.
Scordatura
Falsetto
Verismo
Symphony
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